September-October 2011
Interventions and Assessments
- Efficacy of Alcohol Brief Intervention in Primary Care by Nonphysicians
- Electronic Self-Help Interventions for Adults with Unhealthy Alcohol Use Moderately Reduce Drinking
- Alcohol and Other Drug Use Decreased During a Statewide Screening and Brief Intervention Program
- Adding Gabapentin to Naltrexone for Alcohol Dependence: No Improvement in Longer Term Outcomes
- No Clear Evidence on How Best to Manage Insomnia in People with Alcohol Dependence
- Benzodiazepine Use among Patients Receiving Methadone Maintenance
- One in 12 US College Students Report K2 Use
Health Outcomes
- Patients with Amphetamine Use Disorders Are More Likely to Be Hospitalized or Die from Parkinson’s Disease
- Type of Alcoholic Beverage Consumed Affects Acute Pancreatitis Risk
HIV and HCV
- Naltrexone Has Little, if Any, Liver Toxicity in HIV-Infected Patients and Does Not Adversely Affect HIV Biomarkers
- Behavioral Intervention Associated with Improved Liver Enzymes in HCV-infected Young People Who Use Injection Drugs
- Combination of Substance Use Treatment and Risk Reduction Most Effective at Preventing HCV Seroconversion in People Who Inject Drugs
- Counseling and Case Management Increases Eligibility for HCV Treatment